Example sentences of "apart from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swimming : Apart from swimming in the lake itself , Zell am See has an excellent public pool close to the town centre . |
| 2 | Apart from taking in the scenery and the many outdoor pursuits available , there are several places of historical interest well worth a visit including Cawdor Castle , 25 miles away , with its 14th-century keep and associations with Macbeth ; and Elgin , 40 miles away , a fascinating medieval town with a ruined cathedral , and a museum notable for its fine fossil collection . |
| 3 | His early education was mainly private ; he went to King 's College , Cambridge , in 1888 to read history , but , apart from writing for the Gadfly and Granta , his academic career was undistinguished . |
| 4 | Taking it up , and with no very clear idea of what she meant to do — apart from escaping from the humiliations to which she had been subjected — Theda crept out of the room , down two sets of stairs , and slunk past the open door of the coffee-room , where the landlord 's voice was joined to those of his wife and the gentleman . |
| 5 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |
| 6 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 7 | He also took the chance to visit the US during one of his vacations , and commented that , apart from benefiting from the opportunity to learn at one of the top colleges , he had also enjoyed experiencing a different culture during his time in London . |
| 8 | The retreat consisted , and still does , of anything from five to thirty days of spiritual exercises , usually in an atmosphere of silence and contemplation apart from listening to the preacher when there is one , but with additional features of both vocal and silent prayer . |
| 9 | The patient was thereafter allowed to move about freely apart from lying on the right side . |
| 10 | Apart from working on the teaching unit which is under development he will need to keep very well informed about new techniques in programming , new hardware , etc . |
| 11 | You 'll be looking — admittedly without much hope — for the missing page of Lorrimer 's notebook , any evidence of what he was doing here last night apart from working on the clunch pit murder , any sign of what happened to the missing coat . |
| 12 | Apart from adding to the pleasure of a wood , they keep down insects which might harm the trees . |
| 13 | Apart from lecturing on the outdoors at South Manchester College , Brian was a founder member of the Challenge Club — aimed at letting people realise their full potential through outdoor activities . |
| 14 | Apart from waiting in the queue it was the shortest business Ruth had ever encountered . |
| 15 | Apart from bruising on the face it was very familiar . |
| 16 | The one thing all lekking species have in common is that , apart from mating with the female , the male bird plays no part whatsoever in raising the young . |